Loader



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C. M. GROS LOADER Filed August l, `1925 4 Shcaetsheat 4 CVMWZQS Gru* v ym' INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

CHARLES M, GROS, 0F KLO'TZVILLE. LOUISANA.

LOADER.

Application tiled August 1. 1923. Serial No. 655,105.

This invention relates to a cane loader, the general object ot' theinvention being to provide means whereb)v it may he attached to atractor and the drums of which can be actuated JfromI the tractor.

Another object ot the invention is to provide a boom which is rotatablyconnected with the supporting Jframe and which is also pivoted `to thetraine so thatit can be raised and lowered. v

tui-ther objectf ot' the inventionl is to provide. means for making thegrab" capable of being used for digging` ditches and the like as well asfor handing cane. and the like.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter {ull}7 described. illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand speciticall)r pointed out in the appended claim. ln describing myinvention in detail. refeience will be had to the accompanying drawingswherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughoutthe several views. and in which Figurenn isna yside view showing theiiivention attached to a tractor.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 ol l ignre l.

Figure il is a plan view with vparts in section. l

Figure 4 is a section on line el-----l ot' l `igure 3.

Figure :7 nre 3. Figure t3 isa sectional detail view tl one of thedrums.

Figures 7 and S are detail views ot' the brake mechanism for they drums.

Figure 9 is a sectional View through the grab and its connecting ropes.

Figure 10 is an elevation of the grab.

Figure 11 is aside viewwvith the grab in open position.

Figure 12 is a view showing' 'tor the grab.

l'n these views. 1 indicates a i'raine which has its rear partsupportcdb v the wheels is a section on line :'iot' vFigirough an attachment 2.the spindles 3 of which are pivotally conv lnectedwith the axle 4t. aconnecting har 4 .having its ends connected with the spindles so thatthe Wheels 2 will trail the, tractor. A tongue connects the axle withthe draw bar ot the tractor which is shown at A.

r-ar axle ol the tractor. as Ishown at i.

sockets i'or ,members b v the bolts 34.

The front part -ot' the frame has the depending pieces tt which areconnected with the v,\. tower S is carried b v the rear par! ol' theirame and a dolible pulley il is located at the top ot' the tower. Anupright trame 1t) is connected with lthe front part oi` the supportingframe and a brace 11 connects this frame 10 with `the tower. turn-table12 is ca rried b vthe frame l() and a boom lhas its lower end pivotallysecured to the center ot' the turn-tab le. as shown at 14. 'l`he boom isconnected with the brace b v the cable iti so that its inclination maybe adjusted b v lengthe'i'iing or shortening the'cable- A\ double pulley11T is carried b v' the upper end ot the boom. Drums 18 and 1S are.rotatably mounted on a shaft 1S) which is journaled in the supportingtrame and which is connected vb v gears 2O with a. stub shaft 21.`Shat't 1t) is adapted to be driven trom titl the tractor b v means otthe chain 22 andthe i sprockets 23. Cables 24 and 24 a reA connectedwith said drums and these cables pass over the pulleys 9 and 17 and areconnected with the grab 25.` This grab consists of the shatt 26, thepairs of jaw members 27, pivi otally mounted upon the shaft, and havingtheir Vupper ends connected together by the rods 28 and the hars 29 and29 which are connected with the cables 21 and`2ft. Flex.- ihle members30 connect the bar 29 with the shaft 26 and flexible' members 31 connectthe hars 2t) with one of the rods 28. Flexible members 32 connect ashaft 32', on one of the iaw inenil'icrs. with the har 29. The

parts are so arranged that wheri'the weight otthe grab is carried by thecable 24, which is connected with the har 2`9,the jaw mem bers willclose hutwhen this' cable is slacked and the`weight comes upon the cable24" one; set ot jaw members will be moved upwardly and thus the jawmembers will be open so that the grab can grip the pile otcane.

'ln order to make the grab capable olf handling dii't I provide a pairof shovel attachments 33 which are provided with receiving the ends ofthe jaw members and which are attached to'said "hen the grab is providedwith these attachmentsthe apparatus can be used :tor cleaning outditches and the like.

The drums are adapted to be connected with and disconnected from theshaft 19 llt) wheel 5l on the stub shaft '2L by the clutch ineans 357which are operated troni the levers .36 through the connections pair ofcani projections l0 tor engaging canii shaped recesses 4l on the shaft42 to which the brake, arni 1li-l is attached. These parts are so`arranged that when the clutches moved into inoperative position thebrakes will he applied to the drums and rice versa. 'l`he clutch andbrake means will permit. the cables 2l and 2J" to be nianil'iulatedindependentl)Y ot each other or together, as desired. .'l`he turn-tableis actuated-by means ot the cable vH which engages a groove in the tableand which after passing over guidingI pulleys 45 has its ends connectedwith the drunis le on a shaft 47. The cable. is oppositely wound on saiddruins so that as it is beingr slacked ott ot' one druin itis beingwound upon lthe other. The sli-att 47 is provided with a slidingclutch48, operated h y a handle 49 and provided with a pair ot' frictionwheels 50 for Thus the shaft 4T can be rotated in either direction fromthe shaft 2l, by moving the 'handle 4 9 rin the proper direction.

@From the 'ahoveit will be seen that the ygrab-can be raised and loweredand opened engaging a friction.

and closed by the drains and that the liooin can be swung to anY desiredposition by ineans ot' the' (li-unis 4G. This will permit the load to bedropped in wagons and the like.

lt is thought. t'roin the foregoing descripn tion that the advantagesand novel features ot' niy invention will be readily apparent.

l desire it to be understood that I may nialie changes in theconstruction and in the combination and arrangement of the severalparts. provided that such changes tall within the scope ot the appendedclaim.

what l claim istln combination. a base, standards rising there'l'i'oinadjacent one endthe'reof, an iiiverted U-shaped support arrangedadjacent the other end thereof, a turn table. mounted on the support, ahooni pivoted centrally on said table and projecting upwardly and outwardly therefrom, nieans :tor rotating said table a diagonallyY arrangedbrace rod terminally connected with thc upper ends of said standards andsaid support, a brace con-V necting' said rod and boom, pulleyssupported by the standards and the outer end of said boom, and a cz bletrained over said pulleys as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aitix'my signature.

QHARLESM. Giros..

